♑ ♥ ♐ | The time is over for silent years of stored up fears that are holding you down.

[420]

Who: Gamzee and Equius, daters extraordinary.
Where: Starting in their house and then off to the vast beyonds.
What: Pony noses.
When: Monday afternoon.
Style: Lukewarm teenage action.
Status: Closed. Unless you are nepeta stalking.


['We're gonna go on a fuckin' date on monday', is what Gamzee had said somewhere on sunday. He hadn't named a time, and in fact, had spend most of his monday morning sort of lazing around, happily distracted by the reappearance of his mind bubble buddy, giving no inclination that he still remembered his words from the day before.

But somewhere around the afternoon hour, after lunch, he finally gets up from his comfortable spot, stretching, before he turns to Equius.]

Ready? Oh, wait, motherfucker. First, all like go and put these on.

[He digs through his pocket, finally pulling out a make-shift blindfold. It's okay, Equius. He's got this. ]

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[stayb100ponyboy]

[It takes Equius a moment to figure out what Gamzee is talking about. Behind him, his thought bubble shows a series of blueprints, elaborate, complicated designs for robots and machines that move and shift as his thoughts change. For a moment, a roboEquius appears, looking vaguely confused at a roboGamzee, but then then the thought bubble Equius nods.]

All right. You'll have to tie it for me, though; I'll rip it.

[420]

[Gamzee's own thought bubble merrily floats behind him, showing indistinct scenes, lots of colours. Occasionally a more solid thing will flit across the surface before it sinks back into shiny patterns reminiscent of troll windows media player. It is even humming faintly.]

Aight. Turn around.

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius turns, slouching a little and lowering his head so Gamzee can tie on the blindfold. His thought bubble... may be showing mildly indecent things.]

What are we doing?

[420]

[Thought bubble, plz.]

Sssh, ain't gonna tell you yet, aight? Gonna show you once we all get to getting there. That chill with you?

[He has been thinking this out, ok. For all his laziness, he was actually thinking pretty well about this.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

I trust you.

[Equius waits until the blindfold is in place, then offers Gamzee one hand.]

Just make sure I don't run into anything or anyone, okay? I might break it if I do.

[420]

[Gamzee leans up to brush a kiss over his lips, before he grabs his hand in his own.]

Don't all get up in your worry zone, bro. I'm gonna keep you fuckin' safe right here at with me.

[stayb100ponyboy]

I know I am.

[Lead on, Gamzee! Equius will follow you wherever you want to go.]

[420]

[Too bad Equius is blindfolded so he can't see the melty smile Gamzee gives him. Or the way his bubble flicks into bright happy red.

He squeezes Equius' hand, before he starts to lead him with him, careful not to trip either of them and to dodge any obstacles.]

It ain't far, you hear?

[stayb100ponyboy]

All right.

[Equius doesn't even care how Gamzee can see his bubble, and how it's making a schematic for a working heart now, drawing it all in red. He lets his matesprit lead him, walking placidly beside him.]

[420]

[It's not like Gamzee can read schematics anyway.

He slowly leads Equius towards the forest, and towards the horse stable he discovered just between it. He really tried hard for this to be a surprise for Equius, bu despite the blindfold, Equius can probably smell the scent of hay on the air. That and hear the nickering of a pony nearby.

Though Gamzee does turn to said pony, hissing a soft 'ssshh'.

Hey, sometimes it is the thought that counts. Or the fact that Gamzee even vaguely tried to think about it at all.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Oh, Equius recognizes that smell, as well as the soft sounds of horses and ponies nearby, and his thought bubble goes crazy, with all sorts of horses and other hoofbeast schematics galloping past.]

Are we almost there?

[420]

Yeah. Wait here.

[He stretches out Equius' palm, straight and flat, dumping some sugar cubes that he got from Nepeta on top of it. And then he is off. Off to collect one of the horseys. He finally manages to persuade one of the more calm, older horses to follow him, bringing it over to Equius and his outstretched hand. And as the horse goes to town on the sugar cubes, plucking them delicately off of Equius' palm, Gamzee reaches up to undo the blindfold.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius holds completely still, although his thought bubble is still going wild with anticipation, a little roboEquius dancing around with glee in the schematics. When the horse starts to pick the sugar cubes off his palm, he makes a soft, sighing sound of contentment, and as soon as the blindfold is off, he looks up at the horse, then over at Gamzee. He's smiling one of his rare, completely uninhibited smiles, a smile of pure delight.]

You brought me to the stables.

[420]

I did.

[He sounds vaguely wondrously proud of himself, as if he can't quite believe he did put a smile like that on Equius' face. Instead what he does is curl his arms around him from behind, resting his chin on Equius' shoulder contently as he watches the horse eat the sugar cubes from his hand.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[If the grin on his face wasn't enough, Equius' thought bubble is making things very, very clear, even to someone who can't read schematics: this is the most amazing thing ever, and he has the greatest matesprit. He sighs, blissful, as the horse eats off his hand and its lips tickle his fingers.]

[By now, some of the other ponies have realized there are treats to be, and are drifting over towards the fence.]

[420]

[Gamzee waits for the first pony to clear all the sugar cubes off of Equius' palm, before digging into his pocket again, taking out more. He piles them onto his hand again, nudging it towards one of the other horses. He really needs to thank Nepeta for all the sugarcubes later.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Equius has a pretty good idea where the sugar cubes came from, and he makes a mental note to hurry up on the Pouncebot he's making for Nepeta.]

[He lets Gamzee guide him along from horse to horse, and his face is almost starting to hurt a little from how much he's smiling.]

[420]

[Gamzee occasionally presses a little kiss to his smiling cheek, going from horse to horse until they are all out of sugar cubes. At which point he curls his fingers around Equius' hand again, guiding it ever so carefully against the horse's head.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

Aaaaaah... Gamzee, no.

[Equius resists, trying to curl his hand into a loose fist and pull it away. His thought bubble changes, showing schematics for broken, destroyed robots and a sad, lonely little roboEquius off in the corner.]

I'll hurt them if I touch them.

[420]

Sssh, hey, no, come on. I'm gonna fuckin' help you, aight? No worries. I ain't gonna let you hurt them.

[Gamzee strokes his fingers comfortingly over Equius' hand.

The horse, meanwhile, stares at them as if they are the weirdest kids that ever came to this petting zoo stable.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[The horse probably just wants more sugar cubes.]

No... no, I don't want to hurt it!

[Sorry, Gamzee, it's going to take a little more reassuring before Equius believes he can touch it without it exploding.]

[420]

No, no, here.

[Gamzee lets go off his hand only to slip in between Equius and the fench. The horse starts to snuff at his hair, perhaps trying to find more sugar cubes there but her ignores it. Instead, he his reaches up to touch Equius' face.]

Hey, babe, how long have we all been doing this? You and me, I mean.

[stayb100ponyboy]

Almost half a sweep.

[Equius answers that promptly enough, and he tilts his head into Gamzee's touch.]

[420]

Exactly.

[He strokes his cheek, smiling encouragingly.]

And like how often have you fuckin' hurt me?

[stayb100ponyboy]

I... haven't?

[Unconvinced Equius is unconvinced!]

But you have a choice about touching me, or letting me touch you. The hoofbeasts don't, and if I hurt them, they'll just think I was being cruel for no reason.